"I'm a little surprised. According to you, those veterans are bullying people in the camp, but the higher-ups don't care? Aren't there military police and military judges?" Claude finally swallowed a mouthful of porridge and asked Bell.
"Whatever, why don't you care, it's of no use." Bell looked sullenly. It seemed that he also had the experience of being bullied: "The problem is that they keep making big mistakes and small mistakes. They asked you to wash a pair of socks for him and asked you to buy him some.
If you don't want to drink wine and tobacco, I'll beat you a few times. When the military police come, they can only give you a few words of reprimand. This trivial matter does not meet the standard of punishment.
But when they leave, you will be out of luck. A group of people will swarm you and beat you. You don’t know who hit you. Anyway, they won’t admit it. Who are you going to sue without evidence? You won’t feel at ease even when you sleep at night.
Throw a scorpion, spider, four-legged snake or something on your bed. If you make a noise in the middle of the night, it will be bad luck for you. When the military police come, they will sentence you to solitary confinement for violating military orders..."
Claude understood that this was the same as the loan sharks of online loan companies he had seen in his previous life, wandering on the edge of the law. It was illegal, it was not a big deal, and there was nothing the police could do if they came.
It's almost like being detained. It's not illegal, but it's disgusting. The phone calls are constantly being made, paint is splashed on the door, and the walls are covered with curse words. What's even more annoying is that they will harass your relatives and friends.
, making your chickens and dogs restless.
Therefore, the boss in his previous life had warned him that he would rather sell his house and kidney than take out an online loan. It was said to be very fancy, but in fact it was just usury, just wearing a coat of relieving people's worries. Even if he got involved with them,
If you only borrow 10,000 yuan, you may have to pay back 1 million yuan and still not pay off the debt you owe them.
Although these veterans did not make loan sharks in the military camp, their behavior was as disgusting as those debt collectors. As Bell said just now, small mistakes are always made without big mistakes. It does not count as a violation, it can only be said to be a minor violation.
Military discipline cannot reach the level of being punished for being on duty and on the line.
"They are so domineering in the military camp and bully you. Why don't you complain and your superiors can't take care of them?" Claude asked again.
"No matter what, it's of no use. At most, we can only demote them, but we can't drive them out of the military camp." Bell sighed: "Actually, these veterans have been in the military camp for five or six years.
They also had some military exploits. Originally, they were sergeants and sergeants, but because they always bullied others, they were demoted to corporals and sergeants. For example, Engel, who had a broken wrist, was still a sergeant two months ago, but he ended up being blackmailed
He was caught red-handed and demoted to corporal.
This non-commissioned officer training is actually their best opportunity. However, due to their usually very bad reputation, they have offended many people in the military camp, and no one is willing to speak for them. Although the higher-ups usually can't do anything to them, this will
We eliminated them early because of their poor conduct and inability to convince the public, which is very satisfying. This is why they have been causing trouble for you recruits who are participating in non-commissioned officer training."
Claude could only smile helplessly. As a time traveler and reborn, he just wanted to live a simpler, happier and freer life. So he could perfectly become a sixteen-year-old boy and enjoy himself.
When he was a young boy after his rebirth, he didn't want to think about too many problems. Even if there were changes in his family that were beyond his control, he would only find ways to change his situation when things happened.
On the first day of joining the army, I got into an unexpected fight with some rogue veterans. I thought it was a very simple thing, but I didn't expect that there was so much inside story behind it. I thought of a sentence on the Internet in my previous life, that
I can’t remember who said it. The simpler something looks, the more complicated it is inside. The more you want to deal with it simply, the more things will be involved until you collapse.
After swallowing another spoonful of porridge from Bell, Claude asked: "By the way, what do you mean when you said these veterans still have some military exploits? I remember that our kingdom has not had any war with other countries in the past few years.
Ah, where did their military exploits come from?"
Bell replied with a smile: "You don't get military exploits only when there is a war. To be honest, these veterans were just lucky to get military exploits. Two years ago, there was a mass riot in Caerfield County. I remember that I had just joined the army at that time.
There were many people marching on the street, demanding that the kingdom return Cafilezte County to the Kingdom of Nasseri. Of course, this was impossible. That time our battalion was ordered to go to the town of Conigada to suppress the rioting people. At that time, I thought
I'm dead...
As a result, no one expected that veterans like Jim stood in the front row and only fired one shot, shooting down a dozen people. The remaining thousands of marching rioters were holding sticks, flags and other things in their hands.
As soon as it was thrown on the ground, the birds and beasts scattered one after another. Then our battalion easily controlled the situation in Conigada City, and veterans like Jim had a military exploit because they fired a shot. The officers in the military camp
Because of this, they were more laissez-faire, and it became a habit for them to bully new recruits in the military camp."
Claude was greatly surprised: "No, this Cafilezte County has been owned by our kingdom for more than 20 years. Why are there still indigenous people asking to return to the Nasseri Kingdom?"
"I don't know about this," Bell fed Claude another mouthful of porridge, frowned and said, "I have been in the army for almost three years, and I have been here all the time. Sometimes I go to Gonigada City during my holidays. How should I put it?
Well, I feel that the people here do not regard themselves as members of the kingdom, and seem to reject us. And I heard that the order in the towns is slightly better. You have to be careful in the wild and not be left alone. Otherwise, any local indigenous residents may
, whether they are farmers or fishermen, or traders or hunters, they will turn into murderers who attack us at any time. Of course, this is what I heard from the veterans..."
How could this happen? Claude was a little confused. The Kingdom of Nasseri suffered a disastrous defeat in the second war between the two countries with the Kingdom of Ovelas more than 20 years ago, and had no choice but to cede three counties to the Kingdom of Ovelas.
The peace settlement was successful as compensation. Now that so many years have passed, I didn't expect that the Kingdom of Ovelas still hasn't really taken control of these three counties. This is incredible.
But Bell really didn't know why this happened. He had only been a soldier in the Blue Feather Corps for three years. He had always stayed in the military camp and rarely went out, and he had no interest in exploring these things. But the middle-aged pharmacist next to him knew.
Some situations, he told Claude, were mainly policy issues.
More than 20 years ago, the second war between the two countries broke out between the Kingdom of Ovelas and the Kingdom of Nasseri. At that time, the counties of Cafilezte, Ruston Kelen and Berta Alnia were close to Ovelas.
Almost every county in the kingdom had soldiers. After the war, there were more than 300,000 casualties among young people. Almost every family had relatives killed on the battlefield. After the war in the Nasseri Kingdom, because the national treasury was empty and unable to compensate property, it had no choice but to cede these three countries.
This county was given to the Kingdom of Overas to obtain an armistice and peace.
One is the casualties of relatives who were defeated in the war, and the other is that the three counties were ceded by the Kingdom of Nasseri as compensation, so that the indigenous residents of these three counties never thought that they had become citizens of the Kingdom of Ovilas. Another point is that Ovilas
The Kingdom of Vilas also spent a lot of money during the second war between the two countries with the Kingdom of Nasseri. In order to compensate for the huge debt owed by the national treasury, it had to focus on these three new territories.
The frontier county of the kingdom.
More than twenty years have passed since the war, but the indigenous residents of these three newly surrendered counties still bear a very heavy tax burden. On average, they pay nearly three times more taxes than residents in other parts of the kingdom. For example, for the first
The new taxes introduced by the Second War, the war tax, had stopped being levied in other areas of the kingdom as early as one year after the end of the war, but these three newly annexed counties have been receiving the tax until now...
Because they were poor and repeatedly squeezed economically by the kingdom, the indigenous residents of these three counties were very centrifugal and had a strong desire to return to the Nasseri Kingdom. After a period of resurgence after the war, the Nasseri Kingdom also had
After seeing some scenes of revival, some thoughtful people began to secretly instigate the indigenous residents of the three counties to cause trouble, intending to cause some trouble to the Kingdom of Ovilas. Especially in the past ten years, the Kingdom of Nasseri has been secretly smuggling weapons and equipment here.
The three counties armed those who resisted and rebelled. This is the real reason why these three newly surrendered counties have implemented martial law for such a long time.
"Actually, killing is not the best way," the middle-aged pharmacist said: "As long as the Kingdom's army in these three counties catches people holding Nasseri Kingdom muskets or privately made firearms, they will shoot them without saying a word. The more likely they are to kill,
As a result, more people resisted. Some rebels and rioters did not want to return to the Nasseri Kingdom, but because their relatives were killed, they took up arms to resist the rule of the kingdom out of hatred.
We are all at the bottom, and we don’t understand what the big shots above are thinking. In fact, as long as the policies are consistent and the indigenous residents of these three counties enjoy the same treatment and taxes as residents of other parts of the kingdom, then we can carry out basic
With education and talent training, the indigenous residents of these three counties will return home within ten years. However, the military control system currently implemented clearly treats these three counties as newly occupied territories. Who can accept it after more than 20 years?
Being subjected to this kind of exploitation and oppression, especially in terms of personal rights and interests, is like being a slave..."
Amidst the gushing comments from the middle-aged pharmacist, Claude finally finished a bowl of oatmeal. Bell then took a linen towel and wiped Claude's face and body, while cleaning the broken bones on his body.
The plaster on the injured area was replaced and bandaged again.
After Bell had packed up, the middle-aged pharmacist finally stopped criticizing the policies implemented by the kingdom. He shook the medicine tube in his hand and said mockingly: "I'm just talking here, like us.
Such little people have no way to reverse the policies and measures thought up by the superiors. Even if the implementation is unfavorable, it is because the implementation by the subordinates was wrong. It is not that the policies and measures they thought were bad..."
Claude had nothing to say, he couldn't make a conversation at all, and he didn't know how to respond to the remarks made by the middle-aged pharmacist. But Bell answered with a smile: "Doctor Perente works as a doctor in our military camp.
It's really a pity to be a pharmacist. In fact, you are full of talents, but you are unlucky. Otherwise, you would be more than enough to be a governor or prime minister."
It turns out that the middle-aged pharmacist's name is Perrent, followed by the title "physician", which indicates that he has already become or is about to become a mid-level pharmacist.
The middle-aged pharmacist glared at him angrily: "Have you packed everything? Now you can get out."
Bell smiled, picked up the basket, made a face, and walked out. But when he was walking at the door, he suddenly stopped, turned around and said to Claude: "By the way, man, after you recover from your injury, you should be careful about a man named Feite.
Sergeant Fitney, he is the leader of Jem's veterans. You were lucky yesterday. Sergeant Fitney did not go to the mess hall with those veterans, so he was not there when you fought, otherwise you might
It’s even worse. But tonight the kitchen boss in the cafeteria told me that Sergeant Fitney threatened to give you a good look when you came out during dinner..."
Claude didn't care who looked good to whom, and he didn't take Staff Sergeant Fitney seriously, so he thanked him lightly.
After Bell left, Dr. Perrent, a middle-aged pharmacist, handed the medicine tube in his hand to Claude's mouth and asked Claude to drink it.
After finishing the drink, Claude asked: "Doctor Perente, how do you think Lieutenant Sdri will punish me after he returns?"
"What kind of punishment? It's nothing more than thirty whips each." Dr. Perrent replied without caring at all: "The boss's favorite is He Xini. You can't escape this whip. But considering the initial stage of your injuries,
Hey, I think what you are facing is probably three days of confinement. Believe me, you would prefer to receive thirty lashes directly than three days of confinement. That place is simply not a place for people to stay, let alone three days.